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frumenty

[froo-muhn-tee]

noun British Dialect.

a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.

Also called furmity.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English frumentee < Old French, equivalent to frument grain (< Latin frūmentum) + -ee -y³

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frumenty, fromenty, furmenty or furmity (ˈfruːməntɪ)

—n
	(Brit) a kind of porridge made from hulled wheat boiled with milk, sweetened, and spiced

[C14: from Old French frumentee, from frument grain, from Latin frūmentum]

fromenty, fromenty, furmenty or furmity

—n

[C14: from Old French frumentee, from frument grain, from Latin frūmentum]

furmenty, fromenty, furmenty or furmity

—n

[C14: from Old French frumentee, from frument grain, from Latin frūmentum]

furmity, fromenty, furmenty or furmity

—n

[C14: from Old French frumentee, from frument grain, from Latin frūmentum]

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